Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) helps organizations to learn and holds them accountable for their actions and achievements. At GPPi, we conduct research on what M&E systems work best when. We help organizations develop the M&E system that best suits their needs. We also conduct evaluations, designing them to be as useful as possible by: designing evaluations together with clients; involving key stakeholders throughout the process; approaching each subject with an open mind; using state-of-the-art methods; working with clients to fine-tune recommendations; writing as clearly as we can; spending time to discuss findings and; returning later to discuss and track follow-up.

Insecure environments are unlikely settings for innovation, yet they have produced several new approaches. In these settings, technologies like mobile phones, radios and GPS trackers are sometimes the only way to send and receive vital information, or track the movement of goods.

This study analyzes the international experience of the monitoring and evaluation of foreign policy projects in fragile contexts. It focuses on Dutch, Swiss, UK, and US experiences in the fields of stabilization, humanitarian action, civilian crisis prevention and democratic transformation.

In order to improve the practical benefit of real-time evaluation (RTE), humanitarian organizations need to be selective and modest in its use. Wherever RTE is used it should prioritize endogenous learning in organizations over questions of accountability and control.

Funding & Contact

Our funders and clients include the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Deutsche Gesellschaft für international Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UK Department of International Aid (DFID), and the German Foreign Office.